Allen (Van S) Papers, 1960-1985
(located at Tougaloo College)
Contains correspondence, memoranda, documents and other materials of former Academic Dean in his role as consultant in the case of Ayers vs. Winter. Important background material for those studying the Ayers' conflict.

Bailey (Ben E.) Papers,1940-1993
(located at Tougaloo College)
Contains correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts and other publications of Tougaloo professor. Some writings focus on the history of Tougaloo, yet many focus on Black music and Black musicians. Includes research materials and continuous correspondence with editors of the Jackson Clarion Leduer. Personal memorabilia, programs of school and state activities, and other relevant material included as well.

Barber (Rims) Papers, 1940-1974
(located at MDAH)
Organizational files of the Delta Ministry in Mississippi. Includes voter registration and other civil rights activities, a survey of the economic ills of poor communities, and organization litigation.

Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers, 1947-1998 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
Scrapbooks, a photographs, news clippings, a transcript of an oral history interview, a court brief from the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circus, and film of Mrs. Bates, who in 1948 initiated a lawsuit against the Jackson Municipal Separate School District for the equalization of pay for black and white teachers.

Bates (Gladys Noel) Teachers Conference, 1999
(located at Tougaloo College)
VHS tapes and programs related to an academic conference held at Tougaloo College to pay tribute to Gladys Noel Bates, who brought the fight for equalization of teachers' pay to Mississippi.

Bender (W. A.) Papers [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
The Reverend William Albert Bender (1886-1957) served as chaplain of Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Tougaloo, Mississippi, beginning in 1934. He was also an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, serving as president of the State Conference of Branches and organizing new branches across Mississippi. The collection includes Bender’s writings on desegregation in Mississippi, printed material from events at Tougaloo College, and Bender’s correspondence with the NAACP and Tougaloo presidents Charles B. Austin and Judson L. Cross.

Borinski (Ernst) Papers, 1932-1983
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, personal notes, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts and other memorabilia of internationally-known sociologist. Includes course notes, syllabi, civil rights clippings, and articles on a variety of social issues. Includes papers of the Social Science forum at Tougaloo College.

Brocks-Shedd (Virgia) Papers, 1964-1992
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, poetry, notes, and diaries of the former director of Coleman Library, one of the major developers of the Tougaloo Archives and a charter member of the Society of Mississippi Archivists. Letters from nationally-known literary figures form part of her personal correspondence. Includes drafts of published as well as unpublished poems. Significant material on the development of Piney Woods School and the role that Shedd played as one of its distinguished alumni.

Campbell (Clarice T.) and Rogers (Oscar Allen) Papers, 1877-1994 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
This collection consists of papers relating to three separate publications by Dr. Clarice T. Campbell and the Reverend Dr. Oscar A. Rogers, Jr. The bulk of the collection relates to the publication of their coauthored work, Mississippi: The View from Tougaloo (1979), which documents the history of Tougaloo College from its founding in 1869 to the civil rights era. This collection also contains a copy of Clarice Campbell’s 1993 compilation of letters entitled Witness to Change: Letters from the South, 1956-1965, which documents her observations of the civil rights movement as it was unfolding in Mississippi, South Carolina, California, Virginia, and Alabama. The third part of the collection consists of Dr. Oscar Rogers’ typescript and other papers concerning the publication of My Mother Cooked My Way Through Harvard with These Creole Recipes (1972), as well as some personal ephemera.

Citizens Council and Sovereignty Commission Collection, 1960s-1970s
(located at Tougaloo College)
Newslcippings related to the White Citizens' Councils and the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, the state's official counter civil rights agency from 1956-1973.

Civil Rights Cases
(located at MDAH)

Civil Rights Clippings, 1958-1990s
(located at Tougaloo College)
Newsclippings related to a variety of topics concerning civil rights in Mississippi.

Clark (Robert G.) Papers, 1960s-1970s
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, minutes, photographs, and printed material regarding Mississippi legislature, SNCC, Tougaloo Summer Project (1967), teacher pay, and civil rights issues. Also includes a copy of a report by the Educational Resources Center regarding Clark, "Racism and the Desegregating Process: A Mississippi Story."

Clarity Educational Productions Collection
(located at MDAH)
Original script, audio, and video recordings for film documentary Freedom on My Mind. Also includes transcripts of oral interviews with prominent civil rights activists, some of which do not appear in the finished documentary.

Democratic National Convention Proceedings, 1968 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
Transcript of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1968.

Dent (Tom) Oral History Collection, 1976-1983
(located at Tougaloo College)
Copies of oral interviews with key figures of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Transcripts of some tapes available.

Dorsey (L. C.) Papers, 1979-1992 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
Printed materials, correspondence, and articles by this civil rights activist from Bolivar County. Includes a typescript of Dorsey's article "Unwomanly Behavior: The Politics of Incarcerating Women in America."

Durgin (Lawrence) Papers, 1962-1981
(located at MDAH)
Sermons of activist clergyman and correspondence establishing the connection between Tougaloo and Brown University in 1964. Includes numerous photographs of Tougaloo during the period of 1975-1982.

Evers (Charles) Collection, 1968-1985 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
Materials documenting the political career of Charles Evers, mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, from 1969 to 1981 and 1985 to 1989.

Evers (Medgar & Myrlie) Collection, 1960s-1990s
(located at Tougaloo College)
Materials related to the slaying of NAACP Field Secretary and the activities of his widow in the years following his assassination. Includes copies of some of Evers' speeches and correspondence, original photographs, as well as the original of the transfer deed of the Evers' home to Tougaloo College. Contains clippings of trials of Byron de la Beckwith.

Free Southern Theater Record Book, 1965
(located at Tougaloo College)
A financial record book of the Free Southern Theater, a drama group founded by members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Freedom Riders Collection, 1961; 1990-2001 [Link to finding aid here.]
(located at Tougaloo College)
Materials relating to the Freedom Riders, a group of racially-integrated activists organized by CORE (Congress for Racial Equality) who challenged segregation in public transportation by staging “Freedom Rides” across the South in 1961. The collection focuses on the events surrounding the Freedom Riders’ arrival, arrests, and incarceration while in Mississippi. In addition, it also contains programs, leaflets, and other printed items documenting reunions and conferences pertaining to the Freedom Riders held in 1991 and 2001.

Freedom Song Collection
(located at MDAH)

Garnett (Julia) Letters, 1820-1854
(located at Tougaloo College)
Copies of letters from Garnett family and from the Marquis de Lafayette to the Garnetts. A rich source of personal life and history in the nineteenth century with reflections on feminism and slavery.

General Civil Rights Collection, 1920-1996 [ongoing] [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
This collection contains a wide range of materials in a variety of formats documenting the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi as well as other areas of the United States from 1920 to the present. These materials have been collected by Tougaloo College over many decades and do not pertain to any one single topic.

Hamer (Fannie Lou) Collection
(located at MDAH)
Original speeches, personal interviews, personal photographs of different aspects of Mrs. Hamer's life. Includes copied material of her role in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, a copy of her autobiography, magazine articles and newspaper clippings. (Note: citations, awards and memorials from different groups are housed in the Tougaloo College Archives.)

Gordon Henderson Papers [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
Papers of Gordon Henderson, a professor of political science at Millsaps College and Tougaloo College. The collection contains manuscripts of Henderson's political science writings and his files regarding Peggy Jean Connor, et al v. Paul B. Johnson, Jr., et al and other civil rights litigation in the 1970s.

Henry (Aaron) Papers, 1902-1996
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, papers, documents, clippings, audio tapes, and other official materials of civil rights activist, State Legislator, and former president of State NAACP. Includes personal materials from his association with other activists in various causes. Significant material on OEO, COFO, MINACT, and other relevant agencies included, as well as documents relating to his control of television station WLBT in Mississippi.

Horwitz (Charles) Papers, 1936-1973 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
This collection documents Charles Horwitz's civil rights work in Mississippi from 1965 to 1973. It contains correspondence, manuscripts, minutes, reports, printed material, newsclippings, and ephemera documenting Horwitz's involvement in the following organizations: Council of Federated Organizations (COFO); Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); Freedom Information Service; Delta Ministry; Loyal Democrats of Mississippi; and the Community Service Association.

Jeffers (Lance) Papers, 1957-1986 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, copies of written works, books, and news clippings of noted poet/writer. Includes oral interviews with Jerry Ward, original poetry, drafts of manuscripts, course syllabi, bibliographies and other materials related to his teaching at North Carolina State University and other institutions of higher learning.

Johnson (Jesse J.) Papers, 1922-1994
(located at MDAH)
Contains original manuscripts of writings, personal photographs and papers of Tougaloo alumnus and retired army officer. Complaints and court cases against Fort Eustis, VA, for racial discrimination are included. Valuable collection for the history of the integration of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Johnson (Richard "Dick") Papers
(located at MDAH)

King (Edwin) Papers, 1953-1989
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, documents, programs for meetings, and other materials covering the crucial period of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. Includes photographs, posters, memorabilia, significant material on Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and actions of State Sovereignty Commission.

Kirksey (Henry J.) Papers, 1963-1995
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, documents, newsletters, memorabilia of first black State Senator in Mississippi in the twentieth century. Includes materials relating to Jesse Jackson's campaign for President, and other significant political material. Also includes approximately 300 maps drawn by Kirksey for use in redistricting cases and other related matters.

Kudzu Records, 1962-1996
(located at MDAH)
Original newspapers and photographs used in the editing and publishing of Kudzu, a radical newspaper of the 1960s based in Jackson, Mississippi. Contains correspondence, brochures, pamphlets and other materials.

Ladner (Joyce) Papers, 1964-2003
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, writings, and other material of this noted Tougaloo alumnae and sociologist. Includes material relating to the Institute of the Black World, Howard University, the Brookings Institution, and the District of Columbia Control Board.

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Records
(located at MDAH)
Accrual to the Southern Civil Rights Litigation Records for the 1960s Collection (see below), containing case files from 1966 to 1976. These later records were not included in the microfilm edition.

Loewen (James J.) Papers, 1975-1980
(located at MDAH)
Interview notes, questionnaires, maps and other data associated with three major studies: Mississippi: Conflict and Change; "Study of Mound Bayou, MS"; and Mississippi Chinese.

Lowen (Marilyn) Head Start Records, 1963-1968 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
This collection documents Marilyn Lowen's work with the Child Development Group of Mississippi and Friends of Children of Mississippi, two groundbreaking Head Start programs in Mississippi. Includes program records, classroom and curriculumn materials, reports, handbooks, photographs, and printed material.

Madison County School Integration Collection, 1967, 2004 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
Materials relating to racial integration of the public schools of Madison County, Mississippi, in 1966, when two African-American families, the Galloways and Archies, decided to send their children to the local white school. The collection contains recollections, written in 2004, by Lucille Galloway and her daughters, Carolyn Galloway Roberts, Gwendolyn Galloway Smith, and Patricia Galloway-Smith, describing their experiences of integration.

McRee (James F.) Papers, 1965-1967 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
This collection documents James F. McRee's involvement in two civil rights projects, the Madison County Movement and the Child Development Group of Mississippi.

Mississippi Center for Black Elected Officials Collection, 1965-1972 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
Materials relating to the Mississippi Center for Black Elected Officials, which provided training to African American political candidates and elected officials in Mississippi beginning in 1967.

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Collection, 1964
(located at MDAH)
Copies of materials that focus on the formation of the Freedom Democratic Party. Includes news clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, essays, and legal documents.

Mississippi Freedom Summer Reviewed Conference, 1979
(located at Tougaloo College)
Programs and newsclippings related to this conference held to mark the 25 th anniversary of Freedom Summer.

Mississippians for Creative Public Education Records, 1969-1972
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence and records related to MCPE and the Greater Jackson Area Committee following the court-enforced integration of Mississippi's public schools. These organizations organized within the white community to bolster white support for school desegregation, welfare rights, and anti-poverty efforts.

Morris (Jesse) Papers, 1960s-1991
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, advertisements, catalogs, and other materials related to the Liberty House, a community-based cooperative. Includes reel-to-reel tapes of Morris' activities with Liberty House and the Freedom Democratic Party during the 1960s and 1970s.

Munro (John) Papers, 1968-1991
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, memoranda, lesson plans, and other materials associated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the 1960s and 1970s. Some material reflects the attitudes and problems of a white northern educator in a southern black college.

Office of the President Records: A. D. Beittel, 1947-1988 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
Adam Daniel Beittel served as President of Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Tougaloo, Mississippi, from 1960 to 1964, when the college served as a haven for civil rights activism. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, printed material, and photographs. Topics covered by the collection include the Mission to Mississippi ministerial alliance in response to the jailing of freedom riders in 1961, the threatened revocation of Tougaloo’s accreditation in 1964 by Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin and other Mississippi politicians, the 1964 complaint filed by the United Church of Christ against local television station WLBT, and the City of Jackson’s 1963 injunction forbidding civil rights demonstrations, City of Jackson vs. John A. Salter, et al., in which Beittel was named as a defendant.

Office of the President Records: George A. Owens, 1939-2003 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
Official records and family papers of George A. Owens, president of Tougaloo College from 1966 to 1984. Also includes some records of earlier presidents, including Harold C. Warren (1947-1955), A. A. Branch (Acting, 1955-1956), Samuel C. Kincheloe (1956-1960), and A. D. Beittel (1960-1964).

Office of Public Relations Records: Ruth Owens, 1958-1965 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
Records of Ruth Douglas Owens, Assistant Director of Public Relations at Tougaloo College.   Correspondence, newsclippings, and printed material from 1958 to 1965 pertaining to alumni affairs and civil rights activities of Tougaloo College students and faculty.

Rankin (Annie) Papers, 1965-1980 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence of Annie Rankin describing her activities during the Civil Rights Movement; announcement and letters in support of Rankin from Frank and Caroline Stewart; an autobiography, a speech, and an essay of Rankin; and other items that reflect on life in Mississippi in the 1970s.

Republic of New Africa Collection, 1965-1993 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
Articles, brochures, correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, and other materials related to the history and philosophy of the Republic of New Africa, an activist group that had as its primary goal the establishment of an autonomous black nation within the United States.

Schutt (Jane M.) Papers, 1957-1984 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
Official correspondence, agendas, and minutes of meetings of the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, founded in 1959. Schutt served as a founding member of the Committee, serving from 1959 to 1963.

Salter (John) Collection, 1984-1991
(located at Tougaloo College)
One letter from former Tougaloo professor and civil rights activist, dated 1991, regarding the Sovereignty Commission Records, and a paper entitled "Reflections on Ralph Chaplin, the Wobblies and Organizing" (1984).

Smith, (R. L. T.) Papers, 1902-1993
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, personal papers, speeches, documents of community organizations, and other memorabilia of activist clergyman and businessman. Extensive collection of taped sermons included, as well as materials related to his campaign for U. S. Congress in 1962.

Silver (Carol Ruth) Papers, 1961
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, copies of police mug shots, and a diary concerning the Freedom Riders and their imprisonment at Parchman Penitentiary in 1961. Also includes a handmade chess set on Parchman Farms letterhead, made of bread and blood, created by the Freedom Riders during their incarceration.

Southern Civil Rights Litigation Records for the 1960s, 1963-1972
(located at Tougaloo College)
Legal case files and correspondence of the three organizations that provided the majority of legal counsel for the civil rights movement in Mississippi and Louisiana: the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc.; the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; and the Lawyers' Constitutional Defense Committee. Patrons must use microfilm edition, as originals are restricted and located offsite on Tougaloo campus. Published guide to the microfilm available.

Sovereignty Commission Scrapbook, 1960s-1970s
(located at Tougaloo College)
Newsclippings related to the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, the state's official counter civil rights agency from 1956-1973.

Staples (Robert) Papers
(located at Tougaloo College)

Thompson (Bennie) Papers, 1968-1972 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
Materials related to the political career of Mississippi Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, the longest serving African-American elected official in the state of Mississippi. This collection includes correspondence, leaflets, newsclippings, photographs, and books dating from 1968-1992, focusing primarily on the early years of Thompson's service as mayor of Bolton, Mississippi, in Hinds County.

Thompson (Julius) Papers
(located at MDAH)

Tougaloo Nine Collection, 1960-1991 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, legal documents, pamphlets, and newsclippings pertaining to the Tougaloo Nine library sit-in and other Mississippi civil rights demonstrations and protests, especially during the early 1960s.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Mississippi Advisory Committee Collection, 1964-1978, 1995-1998 [link to EAD finding aid coming soon]
(located at Tougaloo College)
Materials relating to the Mississippi Advisory Committee, an advisory body reporting to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, an independent federal agency established in 1957 to investigate laws, policies, and behaviors pertaining to discrimination. The collection includes reports, transcripts, and printed material created during two periods, 1964 to 1978 and 1995 to 1998.

Ward (Jerry Washington, Jr.) Papers
(located at MDAH)

Wilson (Hilda) Papers, 1950-1975 [link to collection-level record coming soon]
(located at MDAH)
Personal records, Head Start records, and other items relating to Hilda Wilson's involvement with civil rights and black power organizations in Jackson, Mississippi, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including the Child Development Group of Mississippi, Friends of Children of Mississippi, and the Poor People's Corporation.

Young (Aurelia) Papers, 1961-1980s
(located at MDAH)
Correspondence, diary, printed material, and newsclippings related to a variety of civil rights topics. Aurelia Young, a retired professor of music at Jackson State University and Tougaloo College, is the widow of Jack Young, a leading civil rights lawyer in Mississippi who worked closely with the NAACP. Also includes reel-to-reel tapes of Young's poetry reading and field recordings by the NAACP regarding distribution of food stamps.